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Final supporters
Dear Graham Leader,
The Graham Regional Medical Center Hospital District Tax of .365 cents per hundred of property valuation should be repealed by petition and a special election called to repeal this tax and then we should start over with all citizens involved not just special interests. This should be a community effort of all concerned.
Let’s see now how many people have been affected in a negative monetary way:
The young homeowners and renters. Increased rent letters are already going out.
The middle class and business owners who already have problems in dealing with Obama Care.
The seniors on Social Security on fixed incomes whose benefits have not kept pace with inflation.
This open ended tax law that can assess up to an additional 8% a year.
Why are the citizens targeted? This can and will hurt a lot of people and subsequently the community. Maybe the hospital ought to be run like a business. Get rid of unprofitable units and keep the profitable ones.
There were many of us who warned what would happen by both letters and at meetings. We were ignored.
In talking with many people in all walks of life in this community, no one – not one - is for this tax. This is not how people should be treated, especially in a community like ours. The specter of distrust has now been created.
A great disservice has been done by a few to the rest of us.
Carl Buschmann
1320 Rolling Hills Dr
Graham, TX 76450
940-456-08689
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Graham is being exploited by an interest group that cares little about the people. If you need the police or fire department, do you get a bill for that service? If you educate your child in the Graham School District, do they send you a bill? If they build a road in Graham, do they charge you a toll? The answer is NO. So why do tax payers have to pay a Graham Regional Hospital Tax but still have to also pay for any services received from the hospital; such as, emergency services, Health Center fee, and admission fees, etc. ???????????
Texas
This is the same/equivalent of socialism and Obamacare -- raising taxes to fund medical care. If you are against Obamacare, how can you be in favor of this proposal? Graham is not large enough to sustain a hospital district as most patients are transferred elsewhere, and this entire proposal is a joke. The hospital will not close (contrary to the scare tactics employed by GMA associates) and the community will continue to thrive. The real problem is the lack of water! Let's concern ourselves with how we're going to get water and worry about giving a pay raise to our lackadaisical physicians when our basic needs can be met.
We need to portray this is as socialism and equate it with Obamacare in order to stir up hesitation in progressing with such a measure.
Why are the citizens of two-thirds of Young County forced to pay this hospital tax when the hospital is being used by a least 5 surrounding counties?
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Final supporters
Dear Graham Leader,
The Graham Regional Medical Center Hospital District Tax of .365 cents per hundred of property valuation should be repealed by petition and a special election called to repeal this tax and then we should start over with all citizens involved not just special interests. This should be a community effort of all concerned.
Let’s see now how many people have been affected in a negative monetary way:
The young homeowners and renters. Increased rent letters are already going out.
The middle class and business owners who already have problems in dealing with Obama Care.
The seniors on Social Security on fixed incomes whose benefits have not kept pace with inflation.
This open ended tax law that can assess up to an additional 8% a year.
Why are the citizens targeted? This can and will hurt a lot of people and subsequently the community. Maybe the hospital ought to be run like a business. Get rid of unprofitable units and keep the profitable ones.
There were many of us who warned what would happen by both letters and at meetings. We were ignored.
In talking with many people in all walks of life in this community, no one – not one - is for this tax. This is not how people should be treated, especially in a community like ours. The specter of distrust has now been created.
A great disservice has been done by a few to the rest of us.
Carl Buschmann
1320 Rolling Hills Dr
Graham, TX 76450
940-456-08689
There is still no one that I have talked to that is in favor of this tax.6 Comments
I just learned that this tax drove my mortgage for the coming year up over $1500
Graham is being exploited by an interest group that cares little about the people. If you need the police or fire department, do you get a bill for that service? If you educate your child in the Graham School District, do they send you a bill? If they build a road in Graham, do they charge you a toll? The answer is NO. So why do tax payers have to pay a Graham Regional Hospital Tax but still have to also pay for any services received from the hospital; such as, emergency services, Health Center fee, and admission fees, etc. ???????????
Texas
This is the same/equivalent of socialism and Obamacare -- raising taxes to fund medical care. If you are against Obamacare, how can you be in favor of this proposal? Graham is not large enough to sustain a hospital district as most patients are transferred elsewhere, and this entire proposal is a joke. The hospital will not close (contrary to the scare tactics employed by GMA associates) and the community will continue to thrive. The real problem is the lack of water! Let's concern ourselves with how we're going to get water and worry about giving a pay raise to our lackadaisical physicians when our basic needs can be met.
We need to portray this is as socialism and equate it with Obamacare in order to stir up hesitation in progressing with such a measure.
Why are the citizens of two-thirds of Young County forced to pay this hospital tax when the hospital is being used by a least 5 surrounding counties?
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I just learned that this tax drove my mortgage for the coming year up over $1500